Published: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 9:42 p.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 9:42 p.m.

BARTOW | At least one eyewitness, two friends and telephone records all point to Antonio Donte Callaway as one of two assailants on the Chain of Lakes Trail the morning 19-year-old Alicia Barnett was gunned down, a prosecutor told Circuit Court jurors Tuesday.

"Antonio Callaway was the one that set up the hit," Assistant State Attorney Kristie Ducharme said. "He's the one that put the plan in motion. He told her where to meet."

Barnett, who went to school with Callaway at New Beginnings High School in Winter Haven, was scheduled to meet him along the trail that November morning in 2012 to sell him some marijuana, Ducharme said.

"There's no way around the fact that Alicia Barnett made a mistake that morning," the prosecutor said, "a mistake that cost her her life."

But, she said, Callaway, 20, of Winter Haven had told friends the day before that he was setting up a robbery to get some cash. She said when he gave friends a description of the girl he intended to rob, he was describing Barnett, who lived in Poinciana.

She said text messages will confirm the two planned to meet that morning, a meeting that ended with four gunshots.

Callaway is on trial for first-degree murder and attempted robbery, and he will spend the rest of his life in prison if he's convicted. The trial is expected to take a week.

His co-defendant, Ethan Lucas, 22, of Lake Alfred, was convicted of first-degree murder in June and is serving life imprisonment.

Residents in the nearby Carefee Cove neighborhood told police they heard gunshots about 8 a.m., before school started, and saw two or three black men outside shortly after that.

Bartow defense lawyer Karen Meeks, representing Callaway, said investigators didn't find Callaway's DNA on any items that were collected at the scene, and she questioned the accuracy of the eyewitnesses who said they saw Callaway there.

"Some people said there were three people, some said there were two," she told jurors in her brief opening statement.

Meeks also said one witness who told authorities she recognized Callaway at the scene later wasn't able to identify him in a photo lineup.

<p>BARTOW | At least one eyewitness, two friends and telephone records all point to Antonio Donte Callaway as one of two assailants on the Chain of Lakes Trail the morning 19-year-old Alicia Barnett was gunned down, a prosecutor told Circuit Court jurors Tuesday.</p><p>"Antonio Callaway was the one that set up the hit," Assistant State Attorney Kristie Ducharme said. "He's the one that put the plan in motion. He told her where to meet."</p><p>Barnett, who went to school with Callaway at New Beginnings High School in Winter Haven, was scheduled to meet him along the trail that November morning in 2012 to sell him some marijuana, Ducharme said.</p><p>"There's no way around the fact that Alicia Barnett made a mistake that morning," the prosecutor said, "a mistake that cost her her life."</p><p>But, she said, Callaway, 20, of Winter Haven had told friends the day before that he was setting up a robbery to get some cash. She said when he gave friends a description of the girl he intended to rob, he was describing Barnett, who lived in Poinciana.</p><p>She said text messages will confirm the two planned to meet that morning, a meeting that ended with four gunshots.</p><p>Callaway is on trial for first-degree murder and attempted robbery, and he will spend the rest of his life in prison if he's convicted. The trial is expected to take a week.</p><p>His co-defendant, Ethan Lucas, 22, of Lake Alfred, was convicted of first-degree murder in June and is serving life imprisonment. </p><p>Residents in the nearby Carefee Cove neighborhood told police they heard gunshots about 8 a.m., before school started, and saw two or three black men outside shortly after that.</p><p>One resident picked Callaway from a photo lineup, Ducharme told jurors in opening statements Tuesday.</p><p>Bartow defense lawyer Karen Meeks, representing Callaway, said investigators didn't find Callaway's DNA on any items that were collected at the scene, and she questioned the accuracy of the eyewitnesses who said they saw Callaway there. </p><p>"Some people said there were three people, some said there were two," she told jurors in her brief opening statement.</p><p>Meeks also said one witness who told authorities she recognized Callaway at the scene later wasn't able to identify him in a photo lineup.</p>